Kenneth Charles Branagh (born December 10 1960) is a versatile United Kingdom actor and film director. ==Biography== He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but when he was nine his family moved to England. Branagh received a honorary doctorate in Literature from Queen's University, Belfast in 1990. Branagh has worked on both stage and screen. He is probably best known for his popular film adaptations of the works of William Shakespeare, beginning with ''Henry V (1989 movie)'' in 1989, and including versions of ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (1993) and ''Hamlet (1996 movie)'' (1996). He has starred in a number of other successful films unrelated to Shakespeare. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including two for directing and acting in ''Henry V'' and another for the screenplay of ''Hamlet''. He has also won an Emmy Award for his performance in the 2001 TV film ''Conspiracy (TV movie)''. He starred several times with his then wife, Emma Thompson, whom he married in 1989 and divorced in 1995. For a few years he was in a well-publicised relationship with Helena Bonham Carter, but they split up. He married again in 2003, to film art director Lindsay Brunnock. In 1994 Branagh List of people who have declined a British honour to become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). ==Filmography== ===Actor=== * ''Warm Springs'' (2005) as Franklin D. Roosevelt * ''Five Children And It'' (2004) * ''Shackleton (2002 movie)'' (2002) as Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton * ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (movie)'' (2002) as Professor Gilderoy Lockhart * ''How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog'' (2002) * ''Rabbit-Proof Fence (movie)'' (2002) * ''Conspiracy (TV movie)'' (2001) * ''Galapagos (movie)'' (2001) * ''Love's Labour's Lost (2000 movie)'' (2000) * ''The Road to El Dorado'' (2000) * ''Wild Wild West (movie)'' (1999) as Dr. Arliss Loveless * ''Celebrity (1998 movie)'' (1998) * ''The Gingerbread Man'' (1998) * ''The Proposition'' (1998) * ''Theory of Flight'' (1998) * ''Hamlet (1996 movie)'' (1996) * ''Othello (1995 movie)'' (1995) as Iago * ''Mary Shelley's Frankenstein'' (1994) as Dr. Victor Frankenstein * ''Coming Through'' (1993) * ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (1993) as Benedick * ''Swing Kids (film)'' (1993) as Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited) * ''Peter's Friends'' (1992) * ''Dead Again'' (1991) * ''Henry V (1989 movie)'' (1989) as Henry V * ''Look Back in Anger'' (1989) as Jimmy Porter * ''A Month in the Country'' (1988) as James Moon * ''Fortunes of War'' (1987) ===Director=== * ''Love's Labour's Lost'' (2000) * ''Hamlet (1996 movie)'' (1996) * ''A Midwinter's Tale (1996 movie)'' (1996) * ''Mary Shelley's Frankenstein'' (1994) * ''Much Ado About Nothing (1993 movie)'' (1993) * ''Peter's Friends'' (1992) * ''Dead Again'' (1991) * ''Henry V (1989 movie)'' (1989) ===Narrator=== * ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' (TV series) (1999) ** ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' (TV series) (1999) ** ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' (TV special) (2001) * ''Walking with Beasts'' (TV series) (2001) ** ''Walking with Beasts'' (Two-part TV special) (2001) ==External links== * * [http://www.branaghcompendium.com/ The Kenneth Branagh Compendium, a fansite] * [http://brantastic.de Brantastic.de, a fansite] * [http://home.nyc.rr.com/alweisel/premierekennethbranagh.htm Kenneth Branagh Interview] 1960 births Northern Irish actors British film directors Stage actors Cinema actors Best Actor Oscar Nominee Actors appearing in Woody Allen films
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Kenneth Charles Branagh (born December 10 1960) is a versatile United Kingdom actor and film director. ==Biography== He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but when he was nine his family moved to England. Branagh received a honorary doctorate in Literature from Queen's University, Belfast in 1990. Branagh has worked on both stage and screen. He is probably best known for his popular film adaptations of the works of William Shakespeare, beginning with ''Henry V (1989 movie)'' in 1989, and including versions of ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (1993) and ''Hamlet (1996 movie)'' (1996). He has starred in a number of other successful films unrelated to Shakespeare. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including two for directing and acting in ''Henry V'' and another for the screenplay of ''Hamlet''. He has also won an Emmy Award for his performance in the 2001 TV film ''Conspiracy (TV movie)''. He starred several times with his then wife, Emma Thompson, whom he married in 1989 and divorced in 1995. For a few years he was in a well-publicised relationship with Helena Bonham Carter, but they split up. He married again in 2003, to film art director Lindsay Brunnock. In 1994 Branagh List of people who have declined a British honour to become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). ==Filmography== ===Actor=== * ''Warm Springs'' (2005) as Franklin D. Roosevelt * ''Five Children And It'' (2004) * ''Shackleton (2002 movie)'' (2002) as Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton * ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (movie)'' (2002) as Professor Gilderoy Lockhart * ''How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog'' (2002) * ''Rabbit-Proof Fence (movie)'' (2002) * ''Conspiracy (TV movie)'' (2001) * ''Galapagos (movie)'' (2001) * ''Love's Labour's Lost (2000 movie)'' (2000) * ''The Road to El Dorado'' (2000) * ''Wild Wild West (movie)'' (1999) as Dr. Arliss Loveless * ''Celebrity (1998 movie)'' (1998) * ''The Gingerbread Man'' (1998) * ''The Proposition'' (1998) * ''Theory of Flight'' (1998) * ''Hamlet (1996 movie)'' (1996) * ''Othello (1995 movie)'' (1995) as Iago * ''Mary Shelley's Frankenstein'' (1994) as Dr. Victor Frankenstein * ''Coming Through'' (1993) * ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (1993) as Benedick * ''Swing Kids (film)'' (1993) as Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited) * ''Peter's Friends'' (1992) * ''Dead Again'' (1991) * ''Henry V (1989 movie)'' (1989) as Henry V * ''Look Back in Anger'' (1989) as Jimmy Porter * ''A Month in the Country'' (1988) as James Moon * ''Fortunes of War'' (1987) ===Director=== * ''Love's Labour's Lost'' (2000) * ''Hamlet (1996 movie)'' (1996) * ''A Midwinter's Tale (1996 movie)'' (1996) * ''Mary Shelley's Frankenstein'' (1994) * ''Much Ado About Nothing (1993 movie)'' (1993) * ''Peter's Friends'' (1992) * ''Dead Again'' (1991) * ''Henry V (1989 movie)'' (1989) ===Narrator=== * ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' (TV series) (1999) ** ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' (TV series) (1999) ** ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' (TV special) (2001) * ''Walking with Beasts'' (TV series) (2001) ** ''Walking with Beasts'' (Two-part TV special) (2001) ==External links== * * [http://www.branaghcompendium.com/ The Kenneth Branagh Compendium, a fansite] * [http://brantastic.de Brantastic.de, a fansite] * [http://home.nyc.rr.com/alweisel/premierekennethbranagh.htm Kenneth Branagh Interview] 1960 births Northern Irish actors British film directors Stage actors Cinema actors Best Actor Oscar Nominee Actors appearing in Woody Allen films
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